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A lion cub whose mother was killed by a herd of water buffalo has led forest
rangers to her body in what has been described as extremely rare behaviour.

A forest guard at Gir national park in the Indian state of Gujarat spotted the
15-month-old cub sitting on its own in undergrowth and followed it until he
was taken to its mother’s body on a nearby hilltop.

“As I got close to the cub it started moving away and kept looking back to
check if I was following him,” Rana Mori said. The cub then stayed with her
corpse until